Policy

UK advertising watchdog bans Coinbase ads as 'irresponsible'

The ASA banned Coinbase adverts concluding they imply crypto could ease the country's cost-of-living crisis.

The "eggs now out of budget" Coinbase ad censured by the Advertising Standards Authority. (Photo by Sheldon Reback/Modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto faces fork in the road as Clarity Act support wavers, Bitwise says

The asset manager argued that without federal legislation, the industry has three years to become indispensable before political winds potentially shift.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan

UK banks’ anti-crypto stance intensifies even as regulatory process moves forward

A crypto lobby group said it found "increased hostility" from British banks, casting a shadow over the global cryptocurrency leadership the country said it is vying for.

Tower blocks including HSBC, Citi in Canary Wharf. (Andrea De Santis/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)
Advertisement

More from Policy

Wall Street's Jefferies sees market structure bill as tokenization inflection point

Infrastructure gains and regulatory momentum are accelerating tokenization. A market structure bill is the missing link for the next phase of digital asset adoption.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Senate Agriculture panel delays market structure hearing to Thursday after winter storm

The Senate Agriculture Committee pushed its planned markup hearing, where lawmakers would debate and vote on its market structure bill, to Thursday morning.

CoinDesk

Market structure bill delay seen capping U.S. crypto valuations, Benchmark says

Failure to pass market structure legislation this year wouldn’t derail U.S. crypto, but it would prolong regulatory ambiguity, favoring bitcoin and infrastructure.

The U.S. Capitol.

Japan ETFs said likely to trade by 2028 as SBI, Nomura ready products

The Financial Services Agency is moving to classify crypto as an eligible asset for exchange-traded funds, with potential inflows reaching $6.4 billion, according to Nikkei.

Japan Stock Exchange (Photo: Exectuor-Wikimedia Commns/Modified by CoinDesk)

Ukraine banned Polymarket and there’s no legal way for it to come back

Polymarket and similar platforms are considered unlicensed gambling operators, leading to blocked access.

Kyiv in Ukraine (Glib Albovsky/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)